FreeBSD 12.0 ZFS vs. ZoL Benchmarks
FreeBSD 12.0 ZFS benchmarks for a future article.


FreeBSD iX ZoL: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P10S-M WS, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: Intel HD P630, Audio: Intel Sunrise Point HDA

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-STABLE (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 8.0.0 (SVN 356365), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 800x600

FreeBSD ZFS: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P10S-M WS, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: Intel HD P630, Audio: Intel Sunrise Point HDA

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 6.0.1 (SVN 335540), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 800x600

FreeBSD UFS: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P10S-M WS, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: Intel HD P630, Audio: Intel Sunrise Point HDA

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 6.0.1 (SVN 335540), File-System: ufs, Screen Resolution: 800x600

Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS P10S-M WS (4401 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: Intel HD P630 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK + DELL P2415Q, Network: 2 x Intel I210

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.8, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS P10S-M WS (4401 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: Intel HD P630 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK + DELL P2415Q, Network: 2 x Intel I210

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.8, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


SQLite 3.22
Timed SQLite Insertions
Seconds < Lower Is Better
FreeBSD iX ZoL .... 22.38 |==============================
FreeBSD ZFS ....... 27.21 |====================================
Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4 . 39.35 |====================================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL .. 27.04 |====================================


BlogBench 1.1
Test: Read
Final Score > Higher Is Better
FreeBSD iX ZoL .... 1378135 |==================================================
FreeBSD ZFS ....... 1313846 |================================================
FreeBSD UFS ....... 1255659 |==============================================
Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4 . 585358  |=====================
Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL .. 332905  |============


BlogBench 1.1
Test: Write
Final Score > Higher Is Better
FreeBSD iX ZoL .... 4178  |======
FreeBSD ZFS ....... 3417  |=====
FreeBSD UFS ....... 2665  |====
Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4 . 35873 |====================================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL .. 18932 |===========================


IOzone 3.465
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
FreeBSD iX ZoL .... 2489 |=======================
FreeBSD ZFS ....... 2514 |========================
FreeBSD UFS ....... 4060 |======================================
Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4 . 5644 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL .. 2237 |=====================


IOzone 3.465
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
FreeBSD iX ZoL .... 911  |=============================
FreeBSD ZFS ....... 855  |===========================
FreeBSD UFS ....... 1672 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4 . 1313 |==========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL .. 893  |============================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
FreeBSD iX ZoL .... 132.00 |========
FreeBSD ZFS ....... 252.00 |===============
FreeBSD UFS ....... 845.00 |===================================================
Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4 . 60.99  |====
Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL .. 100.66 |======


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
FreeBSD iX ZoL .... 423  |========
FreeBSD ZFS ....... 490  |=========
FreeBSD UFS ....... 2843 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4 . 226  |====
Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL .. 312  |======


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
FreeBSD iX ZoL .... 7076 |=====================================================
FreeBSD ZFS ....... 6947 |====================================================
FreeBSD UFS ....... 3796 |============================
Ubuntu 18.04 EXT4 . 6697 |==================================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ZoL .. 3886 |=============================